Best Logo Design Courses

Best Logo Design Courses

Best Logo Design Courses

Best Logo Design courses is a listing of some of the best logo design courses made by Top Industry Designers. In this article, we’ll find amazing creators like Aaron Draplin, George Bokhua and Fraser Davidson.

Combining their years of experience, they have worked for companies like BBC, ESPN, Mercedes-Benz, Fox Sports, NFL, Bose, Twitter, General Electric, Vodafone, Dropbox, McDonalds, Nike, Disney, Wired Magazine, Target and many more well-established companies as well as early stage startups.

They have decades of experience working in the Logo Design space, and they were kind enough to share their knowledge with the world, absolutely for Free. In fact, thanks to our partnership with Skillshare, InspireDesign is able to provide 2 Months of Learning on their platform, where you will get access to all these awesome courses plus 18,000 more, Completely for FREE!

Does your Company Needs a Logo?

Yes. Every company needs a logo. Why? Because that’s the very first thing people will see when they think of your company or your products. A logo is the front door of your business, and it has to be remarkable, unique and self-explanatory. Additionally, a professionally made logo helps your company build trust. Just take Apple as an example. They built a brand that people recognize, trust and even became a status symbol. That’s why they are able to charge 300$ for a book!

Now that you know you need a logo, let’s jump into the courses!

Courses by Aaron Draplin

His courses are characterized by an entertaining style, quick and rough sketches and lots of work in graphic softwares, like Adobe Illustrator.

In this course, Aaron shows how to create a logo with Illustrator, starting from simple sketches on paper to a quick exploration in the graphic software. Aaron mastered this technique, allowing himself to build a professional, minimalistic and unique logo in a matter of hours, if not minutes! This course focuses mostly on the flow of building a logo, starting from the icon, typography and lastly colors.

In this course, Aaron shows how to create a logo only using typefaces. This course is extremely interesting if you’re looking to build a logo starting from a common font and editing it to make it look unique and remarkable. The course begins with quick and rough sketches on paper (Aaron explains he doesn’t like to waste too much time on that phase) and end up working for most of his time in Illustrator, showing how to alterate fonts.
There are also two bonuses! The first is to add a textured effect (grunge effect) and the second will allow you to rebuild a script font from scratch.

In this course, Aaron shows how to create a logo by mixing iconography and fonts with shapes. This course is great if you’re looking to build logos that will be applied to merchandise or specific items, like patches and brooches.

Courses by George Bokhua

Differently by Aaron’s courses, these courses are characterized by a clinical precision, starting from rich and detailed sketches that end up in graphic softwares, like Adobe Illustrator, but always as the very last step.

In this course, George shows how to create one of his iconic logos. Just by looking at his portfolio, you can see a great use of negative space and minimalism that was brought in this course. The course focuses on a long sketch phase that end with digital refinements. George explains many times that sketches are the most important part of his process.

In this course, George shows how to build a logo using grids. This is the perfect course if you’re looking to start to build logos. Why? Because this course is done 80% on paper and 20% on computer. He’s going to teach you how to create grids and take advantage of them, using Adobe Illustrator only when it’s really needed.

This course is for people that are already familiar with graphic softwares and logos. In fact, this one focuses on the use of the Golden Ration, a unique shape that we can find in some beautiful animals and items. Oppositely to his other courses, this one focuses more on the use of a computer, building grids and refining the design on the way.

Courses by Fraser Davidson

In this course, Fraser shows how to build a logo for a Team Mascot, starting from sketches to the use of Adobe Illustrator. Like the other two Designers, Fraser loves to work with negative space. However, his designs are rich of details, and because of the market he’s working in, his designs present bold outlines.

Conclusion

Aaron Draplin, George Bokhua and Fraser Davidson are three extremely talented designers. Everyone can learn something from them and their unique workflows. If you’d like to see even more courses, you’re in luck! In fact, Skillshare offers more than 18,000 courses of any kind! This was a small selection of some of our favorite logo designers, but you can find dozens of other courses on the same topic, for both newbies and experts.

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Matteo is a Freelance UI & Web Designer based in North Italy. Since 2014, he worked as a Freelancer for Fortune 500 Global Companies, Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Companies, well established European firms and newborn startups. He had also the pleasure to collaborate with 10 Agencies, serving a large variety of clients spread across 10 different countries in the world.
He graduated as a Graphic Operator and Advertising Graphic Technician.